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Transcription - Front
Transcription - Back
File No. Last Name Army Serial No. First name and Initials Cablegram No.
50642 WALCH 2258451 William 309

Rank
Organization
Cause of Death Date of Death
Private Company L, 361st Infantry Killed in Action 10/10/1918

Date of Burial Place of Burial—Unconfirmed Cemetery
Commune
MEMO 
10/12/1918 Grave 3 C, 270 Cmme Gesnes, (Meuse), CL 270-1583, 35 NE  E304.8, N281.8

Authority
File No. D
Place of Burial—Confirmed Cemetery
Commune
C-270 
GRS.F.16 Isolated Grave, Gesnes, 35NE
E304.8 N282.7  

Authority
File No. D
Disinterred and Reburied: Date  6/6/1919 Cemetery 1232 
10819 In:  Grave 167, Section 32, Plot 4, Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse

Emergency Address Lawrence Walch, Father, Gresham, Oregon. Notified Emergency Address
Form 107: 1/28/1920

R.B. Sketch No.
5759
Photograph No.
D-22419
 

Grave Marker Name Peg
  
Cross
  Yes  
Head Board
  
Bottle
  
Ident. Tag Buried with body
  Yes  
On grave marker
  Yes  

Remarks: F115 4-5-21 191  

Removal Project Information
Body disinterred 7/26/1921 for preparation and shipment.
Arrived at  Antwerp on 8/12/1921
Shipped to Hoboken, NJ on 9/1/1921 aboard the Cantigny
Arrived at Hoboken, NJ in Consignment #51 on 9/13/1921
Shipped on 9/19/1921 to National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
Received at Destination  on 9/20/1921 by Eugene H. Sleeper.

Permanent Burial in National Cemetery
Cemetery:  Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Grave: 
3619 Section:   European
Reburied (date):  9/29/1921
E/A notified (date):  12/14/1921

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